Obligation & Admonition
The Obligation begins with these four words.
“I do hereby promise”
The Order of the Arrow was founded in this year.
1915
These are the four challenges an Ordeal candidate must complete.
Silence, scant food, arduous labor, and sleeping apart from others
This principal is the Chief of the Fire and represents leadership.
Allowat Sakima
An Ordeal member must wait at least this long before becoming eligible for Brotherhood membership.
Six months
According to the Obligation, an Arrowman will always and faithfully observe and preserve what?
The traditions of the Order of the Arrow
The Order of the Arrow was founded at this Scout camp in Pennsylvania.
Treasure Island Scout Reservation
After completing the Ordeal, you became this type of member of the Order.
Ordeal Member
This principal is associated with the South.
Nutiket
Brotherhood membership is often described using this phrase, because it confirms an Arrowman’s commitment to the Order.
"Sealing your membership."
The Obligation says an Arrowman should be “unselfish in service and devotion to the welfare" of whom?
Others
This man, serving as camp director at Treasure Island, founded the Order of the Arrow.
E. Urner Goodman
During your Ordeal, you were introduced to this three-part ideal that forms the foundation of the Order.
Brotherhood, Cheerfulness, and Service
Meteu is associated with this direction.
West
Before becoming a Brotherhood member, an Arrowman must demonstrate knowledge of the OA traditions and principles and explain how they have done this since their Ordeal.
To have served their unit and lived the ideals of Brotherhood, Cheerfulness, and Service.
This is the special word given during the Ordeal ceremony that an Arrowman must know before becoming a Brotherhood member.
The Admonition
This man worked alongside the Treasure Island Camp Director in founding the Order of the Arrow.
Caroll A. Edson
The Ordeal is meant to encourage Arrowmen to make this kind of service a continuing part of their everyday lives.
Cheerful Service
This principal serves as the Guide and represents helpfulness and friendliness.
Kichkinet
As part of becoming a Brotherhood member, you must write a letter explaining your understanding of the OA and your plans for future service to this lodge officer.
The Lodge Secretary
Give the meaning of the Admonition—not the word itself.
"To love one another"
The original name of the organization that eventually became the Order of the Arrow was this.
Wimachtendienk Wingolauchsik Witahemui
Rather than being an initiation you simply complete and forget, the Ordeal is intended to begin this lifelong process.
Living according to the ideals of the Order of the Arrow
Name all four principals and their respective directions.
Allowat Sakima — North
Kichkinet — East
Nutiket — South
Meteu — West
The OA Song is sung to the tune of which two songs — both which were notable and recognizable at the time of the OA's inception?
God Save the Tsar (Anthem of the Russian Empire, 1833-1917) & Hail, Pennsylvania! (State Anthem of Pennsylvania, 1895-1990)